Bodish Treasure-Literature (of the Ciratana / rN~in-ma "antients")

pp. 86-94 the 37 earth-treasures

p.

#

site: implement

literature

NT = New Treasures

86

1

vajra & mirror

24 sadhana-s

 

87

2

white stupa

 

[re-concealed]

 

3

 

12 manifestations of Padma-sambhava

NT 1 to 10 (Maha-yoga)

 

4

statue crafted from human bone

cycle of Avalokita-is`vara

NT 10 & 11

88

5

rock at foot of mountain

gtum-mo (hat.ha) of A-cala

NT 11 & 12

 

6

 

7 profound cycles: Vis`uddha, etc.

NT 12 to 19

89

7

2 statues

auxiliary texts for the 7 profound cycles

 
 

8

Brahmin-skull

guide-book

NT 1

 

9

red-waterlily crystal cave

3 sections of the Maha-siddhi ("great perfection")

NT 21 to 23

 

10

reliquary

cycle of heart-essence

 
 

11

 

descriptive inventory of the 25 sacred places

NT 24

90

12

Maha-guhya ("great secret") cave

heart-essence

[lost]

 

13

"unspecified inventory"

heart-essence

[lost]

 

14

crown, sigil, robes, medicine

6 scrolls of the sacred teaching

NT 24 & 25

 

15

medicine of the 25 disciples

   
 

16

medicine

   
 

17

earrings

guide to the D.akini crystal cave

NT 25

 

18

longevity-substance & onyx box

several Treasure-inventories

 
 

19

"several sacred substances"

4 cycles of who stirreth the depth

NT 25 & 26

91

20

stone container brought out of lake by naga

Realization of Dharma-Protectors

 
 

21

statue & pills

6 cycles of realization

NT 26 to 28

 

22

pills

Congregations of Ma-mo-s

NT 28

 

23

statue

inner guru cycle

NT 28 & 29

 

24

statue to liberate by sight

account of origins of medicine

NT 29

 

25

pills

3 cycles

NT 29 & 30

 

25a

protruding rock

2 Bon sadhana-s

NT 30

91-2

26

jewel-crystal rock: clay figure containing tooth

inventories from many Treasure-sites

NT 30

92

27

statue

4 dharma-protector cycles of 10 qualities

NT 30

 

28

statue

cycles of 8 pronouncements

NT 31

 

29

life-countenance cliff

cycles & tantra

NT 31

 

30

secret cave

5 cycles of sacred dharma

 
 

31

 

instruction-manual: Powerful Vajra Wrath

NT 32

93

32

jewels from lake

   
 

33

saccha (clay figure)

inventory

NT 32

 

34

pills

inventory

NT 32

 

35

Garud.a-nest cliff: curved Treasure-container

heart-essences of Vidya-dhara-s and of Heruka-s

 
 

36

3 stone containers

Union with Buddha S`amvara; guide-book

NT 33

94

37

ornaments & statue

7 cycles of sacred dharma

NT 33

Practice-Manual of Combined Activity, from the Single Kila of Innermost Mind

p.

direction

deity (husband-wife couples)

"__-headed" emanation

115

zenith

Hum-kara

pig

 

+S`abda-vajra ("resounding thunderbolt")

lizard

 

east

Krodha-vijaya ("wrath-victory")

tiger

 

+haughty Vajra

vulture

 

southeast

Nila-dan.d.a ("blue rod")

yak

 

+Vajra claw

crow

 

southern

Yama-antaka

deer

 

+S`mas`anika ("lady of the charnel-ground")

owl

117

southwest

A-cala ("unmoving")

leopard

   

+Vajra-mus`ika ("thunderbolt mortar")

raven

 

western

Haya-griva

cat

   

+Vajra-can.d.ali ("thunderbolt fierce")

hoopoe

 

northwest

Apara-ajita

wolf

   

+haughty arrow Vajra

hawk

 

north

Amr.ta-kun.d.alin ("ambrosia-ringed")

lion

   

+Vayu-vega

bat

 

northeast

Trailokya-vijaya ("triple-world victory")

hyaina

   

+Vajra slayer

weasel

 

nadir

Maha-bala ("great strength")

brown-bear

   

+Vajra exhortation

rat

Instructions of the Vidya-dhara-s ("lore-supports"): Clearly Arranged Guidance for the Single Form of the Most Secret Kila ("lance") of Mind

p. 133 the 8 great charnel-grounds

[p. 129 dark-blue triangle >

dark-green YAM >

cross-shaped wind-man.d.ala >

dark-green RA. --

p. 131 dark-yellow SUM >

outstretched human skin.

blue KEM >

4-level stacked-skeleltons mountain.

red RAM >

5-wisdoms fire.

blue HUM >

dome containing 5 weapons.

10-spoked wheel of weapon-swirling wrathful emanations.

pink TI >

the 8 charnel-grounds]

 

Cool Grove

 
 

Perfection in Form

 

Play of Great Bliss

 

Play of the Great Secret

 

Waterlily Mound

 

Yama-kha

 

Expanse of the Cuckoo-bird

 

Complete Perfection

   

p. 133 directional deities ("the ten wrathful ones") within stupa: eastern skull-enclosure

[p. 131 red PAM >

variegated 100,000-petalled waterlily.

green HA >

12-pronged crossed-thunderbolts.

5-colored BHRUM >

2-storeyed palace.

p. 133 waterlily-supported wheels-of-dharma stupa]

 

direction

deity

 
 

centre

Brahma

 

eastern

Gandha-rva

 

south

Yama

 

west

Naga-lord

 

north

Yaks.a

 

southeast

Agni

 

southwest

Raks.asa

 

northwest

Vayu

 

northeast

Vinayaka

 

at western skull-enclosure is Bhumi-pati ("Lord of Earth"), i.e. at nadir

     

p. 135 the color-kula ("caste") snakes as ornaments of deep-blue Vajra-kumara [p. 137 embraced by his wife dark-blue Dipta-cakra]

 

color

kula

ornament

 
 

white

raja

tress-binder

 
 

yellow

vais`ya

earrings

 
 

red

brahman

necklace

 
 

black

can.d.ala

on body

 
 

green

s`udra

bracelets & anklets

 
         

p. 137 within dome of the bhan~ja-holding red Haya-griva, centring into heart of (finger-sized) Vajra-sattva, successively:

 

object

its size

 
 

octagonal jewel, in middle whereof is seat of sun-and-moon

split-pea

 

golden vajra

barley-grain

 

resting on a sun, blue HUM (around which are 9 Kilaya syllables, in an unmoving circle)

mustard-seed

     

pp. 137 & 139 within eastern skull-enclosure: divine couples with pairs of animal-headed attendants [as on pp. 115 & 117]

p.

deity

holding __

__-headed attendant

holding __

137

dark-blue Hum-kara

kila (lance)

pig

lance & wheel

 

light-blue +S`abda-vajra

bow-&-arrow

lizard

bow & trident

137 & 139

white Krodha-vijaya

wheel

tiger

lance & wheel

 

whitish-red +haughty Vajra

khat.vanga (skull-staff)

vulture

bow & trident

139

light-blue Nila-dan.d.a

fire

yak

fire & pestle

 

light-blue +Vajra claw

cudgel

crow

cudgel & ax

 

dark-yellow Yama-antaka

pestle

deer

fire & pestle

 

orange +S`mas`anika

ax

owl

cudgel & ax

 

dark-green A-cala

sword

leopard

sword & lasso

 

dark-blue +Vajra-mus`ika

lasso

raven

lasso & blade

 

dark-red Haya-griva

lasso made of snake

cat

sword & lasso

 

bright-red +Vajra-can.d.ali

blade

hoopoe

lasso & blade

 

light-red Apara-ajita

banner

wolf

banner & vis`va-vajra

 

light-red +haughty arrow Vajra

tail-fan

hawk

tail-fan & bell

 

dark-green Amr.ta-kun.d.alin

vis`va-vajra

lion

banner & vis`va-vajra

 

dark-green +Vayu-vega

bell

bat

tail-fan & bell

 

black Trailokya-vijaya

hammer

hyaina

hammer & plough

 

greenish-yellow +Vajra slayer

head of daimon

bear

daimon-head & [winnowing-]bat

 

black Maha-bala

plough

brown-bear

hammer & plough

 

black +Vajra exhortation

[winnowing-]bat

rat

daimon-head & wooden [winnowing-]bat

         

p. 141 at 4 inner gates of palace: the 4 wrathful emanated bird-headed female gate-keepers

 

direction

gate-keeper

__-headed

holding __

 

east

white Yaks.a

hoopoe

iron hook

 

south

yellow Bhairavi

magpie [heron on p. 161]

lasso

 

west

red A-mr.ta

owl

iron chain

 

north

green Ghataka

hawk

bell

         

pp. 155, 157, & 159 animal-headed characteristics & significations

p.

 

__-headed

characteristics

significations

155

 

pig

making no distinction between clean & dirty

without partiality

   

lizard

sleeping much, in dry places

free from conceptualizing, from from mud of samsara

155 & 157

 

tiger

hath definite markings on skin, eating definitely meat

definite cognizing without confounding

157

 

vulture

not taking lives, but noticing corpses

aware of those to be tamed, of their wishes

   

yak

remaining furious

subjugating evil-doers

   

crow

looking upward & downward

perceive samsara & nirvan.a alike

   

deer

keen sense, trying to flee

identifying innate nature, not abiding in samsara

   

owl

cannot see in the day, but at night

deluded thoughts have set [as sunset], reality [as moon] is shining

   

leopard

skill in leaping

unimpededly knoweth [by leap of intuition]

   

raven

is unseen, possesseth wand of invisibility

entereth into condition that others do not realize

   

cat

great dexterity, calm state of mind

aptitude for liberating others, while in peaceful state

   

hoopoe

possessing eye-elixir, flapping wings [to distract]

clearing away others' ignorance [while distracting them]

159

 

wolf

enjoyeth taking lives, not compassionate

liberateth samaya-breakers [by excommunication?]

   

hawk

[holding onto prey with] strong talons

not letting go those to be tamed

   

lion

to overpower other praedators

overpowering disturbing emotions

   

bat

remembering 3 days

realizing all in a single moment [sudden enlightenment?]

   

bear

possesseth white heart though its fur is black

persisteth in liberating sentient beings

   

weasel

runneth in all directions

speedily performeth benefit of various beings

   

brown-bear

is rigid in hibernating

is unmoved by [uncomplementary?] thoughts

   

rat

entereth by only one hole its burrow which hath many entrances

condenseth 84,000 gateways into single bodhi-citta

         

p. 171 aspects of the mind-essence [these are all Daoist traits]

 

"__-kaya"

mind-essence

 
 

jn~ana-

indivisible

 

nirman.a-

self-arising

 

sambhoga-

clear

 

dharma-

empty

     

various (sets of) deities, etc.

p.

# in set

deities, etc.

such as __

location

131

8

Maha-siddha-s, in as many stupa-s

Hum-kara

the 8 s`mas`ana-s ("charnel-grounds")

 

8

bonfires

Fully-Blazing Skeleton

 

8

hurricanes

Most Turbulent

 

8

local guardians

 
 

8

"zombies with hostile laughter"

 
 

8

Naga-s

 

8 oceans in-between the 8 charnel-grounds: the 4 oceans in the cardinal directions being waterlily-shaped, the 4 oceans in the intermediate directions being bow-shaped

141

21

dark-blue "supreme sons", whose "lower body, emerging from the mouth of Makara, is the three edged, sharp, meteoric blade"

 

the bodhi-citta luminosity-sphaere

 

12

kila-protectors

S`van-mukha ("bitch-headed" goddess)

middle courtyard

 

28

Is`vari-s

the 7 white Extinguishers

"last blood courtyard"

141 & 143

4

Kimkara-spirits

 

outer gates

143

1

100-headed kila-goddess

 

east

 

32

+D.akini-s

 

north

 

7

+Matr.-s ("mothers")

 

north

 

4

+Svasr.-s ("sistren")

 

north

{1 of "the eight zombies with hostile laughter" (p. 131) may have been Jesus Christ, who according to the Basilidean theology laughed hostilely against mankind while in the process of becoming unkillable.}

Andreas Doctor: Tibetan Treasure Literature. Snow Lion Publ., Ithaca (NY), 2005.